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While there are a lot of things you definitely don’t know about Oakland (there’s an annual Fairyland for Grownups????), one thing you kind of, sort of do know is that the Sunny Side of the Bay’s restaurant scene is on ghost-chili-peppers-aggressively-rubbed-in-your-eyes fire right now. Read on…

Walk down Telegraph Ave. in Oakland’s Temescal district and you’ll see a lot of paper-covered windows: Four different dining spots have either opened or are opening within the next month or two. Here’s an update. Read on…

With over 700 events, SF Beer Week, which kicks off tonight and goes through February 15th, is certain to be one of the month’s most talked about celebrations. However, the schedule is so long that your heads might be spinning (before you’ve had your first sip of beer!) as you try to decide which of the dinners, festivals, fundraisers, seminars, special releases, and tap takeovers to attend. That’s why we’ve done the work for you! We’ve browsed the lengthy list of SF Beer Week events and whittled it down to seven not to be missed happenings. Here is where you’ll find us drinking beer over the next week. Read on…

There’s a reason why Brooklyn is the hippest, trendiest and most popular area of New York City, and it’s not only because I live here! Amazing music, art, shopping and parks will keep you busy, while the following restaurants will serve you world-class food with beer to match. Read on…

Another Rosamunde Sausage Grill is coming to Oakland. The popular grilled-sausage-and-craft-beer eatery founded in San Francisco’s Lower Haight is planning a new location in the up-and-coming Temescal neighborhood. Read on…

Where the young and hungry go, Rosamunde will follow. The sausage spot has been on an expansion tear in recent years, spreading from the petite Lower Haight original to open more sizable, beer-equipped outposts in the Mission, downtown Oakland’s Swan’s Market, and even Brooklyn. Now they’re going for a second Oakland location, with plans to open an outpost in the space that currently houses Good Bellies Cafe in Temescal. Read on…

A bunch of crazy people are going to celebrate every American’s right to overeat this weekend by stuffing a million hot dogs down their throats. And if this image doesn’t make you want to shove a frankfurter of your own in your gullet, nothing will! Hot dogs are one of the best food inventions of all time, and this city’s got a million of them. We’ve rounded up our favorite non-dirty water dogs around town; as always, leave yours in the comments. Read on…